{"id":21723,"date":"2013-06-01T14:40:26","date_gmt":"2013-06-01T18:40:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=21723"},"modified":"2013-06-05T20:49:06","modified_gmt":"2013-06-06T00:49:06","slug":"us-honors-sivalingam-sivananthan-for-technology-that-help-raid-osama-bin-laden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=21723","title":{"rendered":"US Names Illinois University Physics Prof Sivalingam Sivananthan as White House Champion of Change"},"content":{"rendered":"

\nBy Jeanne Galatzer-Levy<\/b><\/p>\n

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Siva Sivananthan at the Sivananthan Laboratories in Bolingbrook<\/p><\/div>\n

S<\/b>ivalingam Sivananthan, professor of physics at the University of Illinois at Chicago, has been named a White House Champion of Change. He was presented with the honor at a ceremony this morning (May 29, 2013) at the White House.<\/p>\n

The honor recognizes immigrant innovators and entrepreneurs\u2014\u201dthe best and brightest from around the world who are helping create American jobs, grow the economy and make our nation competitive in the world,\u201d the White House said in a press release.<\/p>\n

Sivananthan\u2019s work with a semiconductor material, mercury cadmium telluride or MCT, is at the heart of night vision technology and made the raid that took down Osama Bin Laden on a moonless night possible. Developing \u201ctechnology that protects our protectors\u201d has given him the opportunity to give back to his adopted country, said Sivananthan.<\/b><\/p>\n

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\u201cImmigrants have long made America more prosperous and innovative, and the Champions we are celebrating today represent very best in leadership, entrepreneurship, and public service,\u201d said U.S. Chief Technology Officer Todd Park. \u201cWe are proud to recognize these leaders who work every day to grow our economy, advance science and technology, and support their home communities.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sivananthan is the founder of the high-tech, Bell-Labs-styled incubator, Sivananthan Laboratories, Inc. in Bolingbrook, Ill. The Laboratories\u2019 focus is on infared technology, radiation detection, materials research and biosensors.<\/p>\n

Because, at its most fundamental, MCT technology is about transforming light into electricity, Sivananthan is also leading an effort to develop next-generation solar power. To that end, he helped found InSPIRE (the non-profit Institute for Solar Photovoltaic Innovation, Research, and Edu-training), whose mission is training Illinois\u2019s workforce and exciting Illinois undergraduate and high school students to create a renewable energy and solar eco-system in Illinois.<\/p>\n

In Sivananthan Laboratories Sivananthan is promoting economic growth by fostering cutting-edge, fundamental research and development that bridges the gap between academia and industry.<\/p>\n

Sivananthan credits much of his success to the support he received from UIC from his days as a student to his continuing engagement on the faculty.
\n\u201cUIC is a community of individuals that has treated me with respect for who I am,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have been blessed with having talented people around me,\u201d said Sivananthan. \u201cI can take credit only for hiring them. Our success has been and always will be a product of team work.\u201d<\/p>\n

Immigrants make America more prosperous and entrepreneurial. Immigrants are more than twice as likely to start a business in the United States as the native-born, and more than 40 percent of Fortune 500 companies \u2013 from GE and Ford to Google and Yahoo! \u2013 were founded by immigrants or the children of immigrants, according to the White House.<\/p>\n

The White House ceremony can be viewed at the White House website<\/a>. courtesy: UIC News<\/i><\/p>\n

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By Jeanne Galatzer-Levy Sivalingam Sivananthan, professor of physics at the University of Illinois at Chicago, has been named a White House Champion of Change. He was presented with the honor at a ceremony this morning (May 29, 2013) at the White House. The honor recognizes immigrant innovators and entrepreneurs\u2014\u201dthe best and brightest from around the …<\/p>\n

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